Early Travellers in the Canadas, 1791-1867Gerald M. Craig Macmillan Company of Canada, 1955 - 300 páginas Extracts from the writings of thirty visitors of British North America, 1791-1867. |
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... ground , parallel furrows are run by the plough three or four feet asunder , straight across the field , and some- times intersected ; when the planter , with a little bag of corn before him , ( something like bean - setters in England ) ...
... ground , parallel furrows are run by the plough three or four feet asunder , straight across the field , and some- times intersected ; when the planter , with a little bag of corn before him , ( something like bean - setters in England ) ...
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... ground , marked out the corners of the dwelling that was to be erected before night . On these blocks were laid the first tier of logs , dove - tailed in a very rough way . Four of the most experienced hands took their station , one at ...
... ground , marked out the corners of the dwelling that was to be erected before night . On these blocks were laid the first tier of logs , dove - tailed in a very rough way . Four of the most experienced hands took their station , one at ...
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... ground as to hallow it by the reminiscences of patriotic heroism and glorious death . The road runs parallel with the St. Lawrence from cape to cape , and the river bank is studded with the villas of the merchants of Quebec , each with ...
... ground as to hallow it by the reminiscences of patriotic heroism and glorious death . The road runs parallel with the St. Lawrence from cape to cape , and the river bank is studded with the villas of the merchants of Quebec , each with ...
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A Travellers Impressions in 179293 | 3 |
The St Lawrence Valley in the 1790s | 14 |
French Canadian Character and Customs 180608 | 26 |
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